I tossed and turned throughout the night. Mitch and the others understood what I wanted, and they gave me space. Helen slept in the visitor's room, much to my relief. Who knew what I would have done if she had slept with them?After an uncomfortable breakfast, I followed them to the hospital. Helen sat in the front with Mike, while Mitch and Miles kept me company at the back. They didn't touch me, respecting my boundaries.Helen was checked by their family's doctor, a man who was in the council of elders, the same person who was yelling about how preposterous it was for them to have a human mate and how I might have bewitched her.Somehow, seeing him in that white garb made me itch to drag him by his grey hair and throw him out through the window. I sat on the receptionist's bench with my mates, who were determined not to leave my side. They didn't bother going in with Helen when she was undergoing a test because they were worried that I might make a run for it should they leave me a
I sat back on the stool. “I think you are getting the whole facts mixed up, Helen.” She folded her arms, her eyes narrowed at me. “Aren't you shameless? Clinging to your brothers like a whore?” She spat. I scoffed. “A tramp? Who among us is the slut? The bitch who slept with the men she cheated on knowing they were drunk? Or the one who couldn't keep her legs closed and ended up sleeping with your mates' Beta?” “You dare speak to me like that?!” She raised her hand to slap me, but I held it before it could touch my face, twisting it until she screamed out. “Don't think you can do anything because you are pregnant. I can kick you to hell and no one will blink,” I threatened, pushing her off. “My mates won't let you escape from this!” She wagged her fingers at me, looking like a bullied child or should I say spoiled brat. “Your mates? Did I hear those words correctly, my dear? Last I checked, you broke the bond by cheating. And they never marked you.” I leaned forward and took a k
Since she chose to watch, why wouldn't I give her a show? Smiling, I climbed on Mitch's thighs, acting so innocent when I was anything but. From my peripheral, I could see she was still standing there. I was never a fan of too many public displays of affection, but at that moment, I wanted more than a public display. This was my subtle way of marking my territory, hoping she would take the hint and fuck the hell off. My mates were mine and would always be. They would never be hers. Pregnant or not. “I love you,” I whispered, staring into his eyes. “And I love you, baby girl. More than you can fucking comprehend,” he replied, his gaze fastened on my face. He reached forward and cupped my face.I practically purred in delight from this contact, though he'd done it several times before. Even before I got together with them. They always touched me whenever they could, ruffling my hair to get on my grits or pecking me so they could see me blush. Mitch stroked my hair and kissed my fore
Mike chuckled against my left ear, his breath doing so many things to my pussy, which kept on clenching. “Are you wet for us?” He whispered, his left palm going further down to cup my cunt. “So soaked and ready, like a good mate,” he purred in appreciation.“Having my mates in the same room always makes me wet,” I mumbled back. From my peripheral, I caught Mitch and Miles unzipping their pants as they watched us. I turned to Mike, who was waiting for me to turn towards him. “Do you want me to suck you?” I whispered.Without waiting for his reply, I got on my knees in front of him and looked up at him, waiting for him to take the hint. He undid his belt buckle and pulled down his boxers and pants in one swoop, revealing a rock-hard cock of adequate length and girth. My mates had the same length. It was surreal, but they did. The only difference was their sizes. Mitch was bigger, followed by Miles. Mike has just the right size.I heard groans and turned. Miles and Mitch had their righ
Just like they promised, Helen was gone by the time I rose that night. The next morning, I woke up to sounds outside the house. When Mitch went to check, he returned to announce that the pack elders wished to speak with us. It was the first time they'd included me, and I knew it was nothing good. I could even smell the trouble from a mile away. Those elders weren't smiling. At first, they wanted to dismiss them, but I refused. I urged them to set a time for the meeting. They did as I demanded, and the men the elders sent left to report to their senders. We got dressed for the meeting. Before this, my mates planned to take me with them to the human cities. They still had a meeting with a CEO there and wanted to take me along so I wouldn't get bored working my arse off at home. But with the summon, we couldn't leave until we had sorted everything out and checked why they called us. Though I had an inkling of the reason for the impromptu call, I said nothing about it because I felt i
I didn't lean towards my companions for support, walking down with my head held high. If I wanted them to respect me, I had to earn it by standing up for myself and not cowering behind my mates. I wasn't trying to say I was bold and not scared. I was. Feeling their stares terrified me, but I carried on. I climbed the short stairs to the raised podium and sat on an armchair. With my mates seated, I focused my attention on the people who were equally staring at me. As one, they rose from their chairs and bowed to my mates, who waved for them to sit back down. My eyes wandered around the room until it landed on the last person I expected to see. Helen sat at the end, her gaze on mine. Huh? Seems I was right in my hunch.Mike cleared his throat, getting the attention of the people trying to penetrate holes into my skin. “You called us here for a meeting. Can you please specify the reasons?” His voice carried on throughout the room, the tone hard and commanding. The doctor who ran the t
“You did us proud,” Mitch commended, taking my hand in his and placing a soft kiss on it. “You looked so sexy up there. It made us want to whisk you away and have our wicked ways with you.”“Hey!” I hissed under my breath. “We are in public!”How can someone be so shameless? Speaking of this with no embarrassment at all?He chuckled, not letting go of my palm. “Our mate is so beautiful. Don't worry, it's a normal thing in our world.” He leaned closer to whisper, “During our mating night, we can even choose to have sex in the presence of the people and the moon goddess.” “Pervert!” I pushed him off, turning to hide the crimson colour on my cheeks. I bet everyone in the entire room heard what he said. They were, after all, werewolves. There was no way they wouldn't have got that. Pursing my lips, I focused on the werewolves, who were now looking uncomfortable. The woman looked away, while the men sent hard glares my way. You could see how much they hated me in their gazes. They weren'
I followed them to the meetings they had with the big bosses. Most of the time, I stayed with the receptionists — the friendly ones — to catch up with the news. It hadn't been up to two months since I left the human world for the pack, but it seemed like ages. Many things had happened, and I almost missed the juiciest part. In corporations with fierce-looking, hideous receptionists, I would follow them up to meet the director or whoever it was they were meeting. As a business graduate, I attended discussions most times and could smoothen my mates' words whenever I deemed it necessary. “So, where do you want us to take you?” Mitch asked after the last meeting they had that day. So far, we've visited ten places. Three design companies, a law corporation, three hospitals, a journalist firm, and two production companies. They lied to me when they said we were only going to a company! Wait until we go home. I will teach them not to lie to me!It was already mid-afternoon, and I was as
“But before that, you guys need to wash up,” I said in my way stern voice. “What do you do after a full day of playing out?” “We wash up!” Blue replied while the girls groaned.“Good. It's time to do that, darlings.” The girls sighed at my words. With their shoulders drooped and matching frowns on their faces, they strode towards the stairs, with Blue skipping all the way.“How was work, darling?” Miles asked as he placed a kiss on my left cheek. “Good.” Smiling, I stepped into the kitchen to announce my return to my other mates before I went upstairs to help the kids with their bath. The girls asked to go first, so they could rush downstairs and eat the cookies their dad promised them before Blue could finish. And being the best mummy I could for my son, I bathed him first, while the girls groaned about how unreasonable this was. Really? They thought it was unfair because I didn't honour their wishes. I couldn't be blamed for that, though. Not when Blue was the only one who wo
Four Years Later“Mum!” I turned at the call, smiling as Hazel ran towards me. “See mummy, I drew a cat!” she yelled out. “Oh, darling.” I got down on one knee so I could hug her. “Let's see.” I took the drawing book from her and made a surprised expression at the cat she drew. “It's wonderful!” I leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead. “Soon, you will be so good at this, you will beat the best artists in the entire world.” “Even the humans?” She looked up, her eyes sparkling.“Yeah, those.” I patted her red hair, which was so much like my father's. Well, our babies all had red hair and blue eyes. I assumed they would have the same hair as their fathers, but they took after their grandfather. “Mum!” Scarlet and Blue ran towards me, yelling as they tried to outrun each other.Seeing how delighted they were at my return, you would think I left them for a trip, not knowing I just returned from work. Ever since the pack opened the veil to welcome the human city, the human
When I assumed things couldn't get any better, my mates proved me wrong. I didn't know they were still thinking of the mating ceremony. I had long given up on that. Despite the change of treatments from the pack; I assumed they wouldn't fully accept me. Who would have thought my mates would get them to accept me?They didn't tell me about that because the elders were still waiting for an auspicious day. As my due date got nearer, they became apprehensive. However, they didn't tell me the reason until the elders provided a date, two days before the date the doctor gave me. They were so thrilled, they almost hugged the living hell out of me. It felt like they were going to press our babies out from how happy they were as they expressed their happiness. I might not be a werewolf, but I understood how important it was for them to bond with me before the babies arrived. Father was, after all, the one who made the rules. Funny enough, I had forgotten about that until Mitch mentioned it.
SUMMERIt appeared Helen was the one who followed me. While the others burned in the house, she escaped so she would get rid of me, as revenge. It turned out her lover died in the fire with the rest.We fought with each other, and she would have hit the stone on my head, but she slipped. When I saw her on the floor, I couldn't tell what got over me as I climbed on her and used the rock she intended to kill me with on her. It wasn't until she was dead that I realized what I had just done. My hands shook as I watched her, tears streaming down my eyes at the sight of the lifeless woman I had just killed. I didn't know what to do, and could only sit there bawling out my eyes as I tried to tell the world I didn't harm her intentionally. Had she not sought to kill me, I doubt I would have harmed her. It took a lot from my mates to console me until I stopped shivering. Though I kept on muttering that I didn't mean to murder her, I wasn't as scared as I was when I hit her head with the sto
“I support that,” I added when I noticed my brothers were looking at me, waiting for my confirmation. “It's settled then. No matter how many fake tracks we will get, we have all decided to scale through them, right?” John lifted an eyebrow, waiting for our reply. “That's right.” We nodded. If he was pissed we spoke at the same time, he didn't let it show. Instead, he grinned as he turned, and soon took off. We followed him, my brothers having changed into their human form after our first fight. They realized it was easier to fight the bloodsuckers in our human forms since our wolves were vulnerable to their claws.And like that, we ended up going to ten bases. It wasn't until the last one that we got on the right track. We learned it from a vampire who recognized John. It turned out John was with the vampire prince, who ran away from home when he was eighteen and refused to return.The night we beat him up was his first day away from home. Hearing about that made us guilty. Though
MITCHIt turned out we were right by enlisting John's help. I doubt we would have discovered a trail had he not been with us. Though it was painful to say these words, I would do that. His nose was more sensitive and sharp than ours was. While we couldn't pick up a scent from the different ones in the air, he could do that. He didn't even have to continue sniffing as he went like we would have done.Not only did he discover Summer's scent among the millions in the air, but he also found out that whoever took her was working with vampires. I would have teased him about not knowing the things his pack members were involved with but thought better about it. We had far more pressing matters to do, and teasing wasn't part of it. John didn't immediately set out when he got the scent he was looking for. He kept on sniffing to make sure his nose wasn't picking up the wrong ones before he took off. My brothers changed into their wolf forms and ran after him, while I called Jeremy for reinfor
I watched him without saying a word because I didn't know what the fuck I should say. This wasn't what I was expecting. When I called the murderer a psycho, I believed he did it because of the gratification he got from shedding blood. Who would have thought they forced him to do it? I didn't blame him at all. Even though his way of taking care of things wasn't right. He shouldn't have taken matters into his hands like he did. But I still didn't fault him.Had I been in his shoes, I would have done worse than that. I was aware of how soft-hearted I was, but not in such a situation. I wouldn't have let those men stay a minute more on earth, not after all the things they did to my best friend.“I wouldn't say I understand your pain, and I won't also claim to know how you feel because I haven't experienced something like this. However, I'm not faulting the actions you took. Had I been in the same situation, I would have done the same, even worse.” He looked surprised by my words. “Reall
SUMMERI watched Helen with a bored look on my face. “Why did you tell me that? I believe in actions and not words, Helen. I hope you realize that.” “Oh?” She grinned, not looking fazed by my remarks. “I do too. I love action more than words, Summer. Soon, you will feel a taste of it, but not now. I just want you to enjoy the peace of this place while you can.” I didn't reply to that. All I did was roll my eyes and hope she could tell her words did not bother me. The door opened and closed before I heard footsteps. Like I did when Helen stepped in, I didn't look back. I just kept my attention on the woman sitting on the bed, while waiting for the person who entered to show themselves. And when they did, I could only gape, watching Fred with shocked eyes and my mouth opened wide in surprise. “Are you two working together?” I demanded, looking from one to the other while trying to tell myself I was imagining things. I knew I wasn't when Helen smirked. “Stunned?” Fred didn't say a
He arrived a few minutes later. It was faster than we expected. And to further stun us, he ran all the way. If that wasn't freaking crazy, you got to tell me what else might be. It wasn't until he stood in front of us that we realized why we thought the scent on Summer's body was familiar. On the night Summer ran away from home after we found our mate, we went to a human bar to get drunk and ran into him. He had the most awful smell in the entire world, and that pissed us off more than anything else. To cut a long story short, we ended up hitting him to ease our pain. We might have wounded him, but we didn't care. He was an outlet for us. Though we regretted it the next morning when we sobered up, we couldn't find him. He seemed to have disappeared after the fight. That's if you would call it that. It was more like a beating than a fight since we ganged up on him. “Fancy meeting you again.” He folded his arms, staring at us with his mouth pursed. “Didn't count on meeting the bulli